James McCracken, LCSW, PLLC
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      • Clinical Social Work Supervision
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    • Emotionally Focused Therapy
    • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
    • Discernment Counseling
    • Couple and Marital Distress
    • Premarital Assessment & Counseling
    • Affair Recovery
    • Divorce Recovery
    • Family Conflict between Parents and Adult Children
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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy
​​Rebuilding Secure Parent-Adult Child & Adult Sibling Connections

Parent-child security is a strong protective factor against health and mental health problems throughout life, creating increased resiliency and stability in peer and romantic relationships. The evidence is clear: parents and children of all ages with secure attachment bonds experience better health, mental health, educational, and behavioral outcomes.  While training parents on how to apply consequences and incentives in a loving way, how to communicate effectively, and how to problem-solve collaboratively are all important and effective approaches to family counseling, we know now that building more secure relationships between parents, parent-child dyads, and siblings is the foundation for all adaptive development.  The specifics of conflicts found in family problems are important, but a relationship-first focus helps create the secure connection between parent and child, which is the basis for all development and recovery.  Family counseling that is attachment-based and emotionally-focused can help strengthen family relationships necessary for children to develop into healthy adults, and adults to feel safer and more fulfilled.
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*While I do not currently accept new families with young minor children, I enjoy treating family issues involving adult children including:
  • Substance & Alcohol Use Problems
  • ​Compulsions and Addictions (i.e. video game or internet addictions)
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Trauma Histories (past abuse and neglect)
  • ​University/Career Adaptation and Performance Problems​
  • Parent-Adult Child Estrangement
  • Unresolved Emotional Injuries
  • Independent Living/Life Skills Problems
  • Adult Sibling Relationship Difficulties
Call 919-228-9729 or email referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com for a brief consult or to set up an appointment.
​​Let's work together to help your relationships be what you deserve.
James McCracken, LCSW Durham Couples Therapy
James McCracken is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,  Certified Emotionally Focused Therapy Practitioner and Supervisor, and Certified Discernment Counselor dedicated to improving the mental health and emotional well being of North Carolina residents.  He and his associates provide couple therapy, marriage counseling, premarital counseling, sex therapy, discernment counseling, divorce counseling, co-parenting counseling, family therapy, individual psychotherapy, grief & loss counseling, LCSW Supervision, and EFT supervision services in his Durham, NC office and online.  He and his associates are conveniently located to Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Hillsborough, Morrisville, Apex, and Cary for in-office visits, and are available online for all residents of North Carolina. ​If you would like to learn more about this practice directly, receive a free brief consult, or set up an appointment, please call
919-228-9729 ​
​or email referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com

Racial Equality
We welcome and celebrate diversity in this practice and stand against oppression and social injustice including discrimination based on any aspect of identity including: national origin, religion, racism and white supremacy, patriarchy & sexism, ageism, gender conformism & transphobia, and heteronormativity & homophobia.  We work with adolescent and adult clients from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic and religious backgrounds, and are allied and affirmative providers to LGBQ-TGNC-I+ persons, and are sex-positive, body-positive, and kink-friendly providers.
James A McCracken is listed at AllTherapist.com
verified by Psychology Today
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James McCracken, LCSW & Associates, PLLC.  All Rights Reserved
3326 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd., B-130, Durham, NC 27707

referrals@jamesmccrackenpsychotherapy.com | 919-228-9729
  • Home
  • Services
    • Couples Therapy | Marriage Counseling
    • Family Therapy
    • Individual Psychotherapy
    • Supervision/Consultation >
      • EFT Supervision
      • Level Up Group for EFT Supervisors
      • EFT Supervision of Supervision
      • Clinical Social Work Supervision
    • Online Therapy
  • Areas of Practice
    • Emotionally Focused Therapy
    • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
    • Discernment Counseling
    • Couple and Marital Distress
    • Premarital Assessment & Counseling
    • Affair Recovery
    • Divorce Recovery
    • Family Conflict between Parents and Adult Children
  • About
    • About James
    • Therapy Approach
    • Philosophy of Supervision
    • Associate Practitioners
    • Practice Policies, Fee, & Insurance
    • FAQ
  • Contact
  • Client Resources
    • Client Portal
    • Additional Helpful Resources
    • Consent for Release of Information